She didn't pay attention to her feet for a moment and stepped on an angular stone. She felt a dull pain in the sole of her foot, and her body lost balance instantly. She was about to fall backwards.
Seeing this, Nurhadu quickly crossed a shallow area in the pool and strode forward. In just a few steps, just when Xue Shanqiu was about to fall into the water, he decisively hugged her around the waist.
Xue Shanqiu was so frightened that her face turned pale. She was surprised to find that a tall figure had appeared in front of her at some point and picked her up.
She was so scared that she almost screamed, but then she pursed her lips tightly, fearing that she would be discovered. Her face had already turned pale, but the tall figure did not pester her. Instead, he gently placed her on a stone pier and sat her down.
Xue Shanqiu was still in shock at this time. She looked at the other person nervously and found that the other person was dressed exactly like the Xirong people she saw at the city gate today, which made her even more frightened.
"Although this place is not in the city, it is under the jurisdiction of the Kyoto garrison. If you dare to do anything illegal, the court will never let you off easily." Xue Shanqiu tried to remain calm and tried to intimidate the other party with words.
Nurhadu saw that she was obviously frightened and frowned, but she was still trying hard to pretend to be angry. She just smiled, and her expression showed that she didn't care about it.
"Are all the girls in your Great Zhou so bold? You are here alone at night, aren't you afraid of being taken away by wolves?" Nurhadu said with a bit of amusement.
"Where did the wolves come from in the capital? That's something that only happens to you Xirong people." Xue Shanqiu turned his head slightly and inadvertently started arguing with the other party.
Halfway through her words, she realized that she was alone with a man and a woman. Her heart tightened and she immediately thought of leaving early.
As soon as she stood up, she felt a sharp pain in the soles of her feet. It turned out that the stone she stepped on earlier had scratched her feet. The pain in the wound forced her to sit back on the stone pier.
Seeing this, Nurhadu quickly squatted down and gently held Xue Shanqiu's injured right foot. He saw a scratch on the sole of the foot and blood was slowly oozing out.
"Don't move!" he said in a deep voice, then tore off the hem of his lining and carefully wrapped her wound.
"I heard that girls from your Great Zhou have to marry someone if their feet are seen by him. Is that true?" Nurhadu asked with a smile while treating the wound.
Xue Shanqiu did not answer. She bit her lower lip tightly, and tears welled up in her eyes.
At this moment, she endured the pain in her feet and struggled to stand up, intending to stay away from the man in front of her.
However, Nurhadu's attention was attracted by something floating on the water, which was gradually floating towards them.
He quickly stepped forward, turned around, and used his body to block Xue Shanqiu's sight.
"What are you doing?" Xue Shanqiu asked doubtfully, thinking to himself that this man was indeed a frivolous person, but he could only hear the other person's low voice in his ears.
"Don't look there."
The seriousness in the other party's tone made Xue Shanqiu cast a cautious glance, and saw an object that looked like a human figure floating on the water, wearing a new flowered skirt worn by women in Beijing.
She immediately looked away, knowing what was going on.
"Did you do it?" There was a slight tremor in her voice. She was obviously frightened and naturally regarded Nurhadu in front of her as the culprit.
"It's not me!" Nurhadu's answer was firm and full of determination.
Xue Shanqiu sensed a sincerity in his tone, which made her choose to believe it involuntarily.
努尔哈都的视线转向了不远处的屋子，“快回屋去。”
随着夜色渐深，寒意袭来，他脱下身上的野狐狸毛披肩，轻柔地披在了薛善秋的身上，目送着她渐行渐远，直至身影消失在夜色之中。
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